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The Laurie Beechman Theatre is very pleased to announce preliminary plans for 'A Concert for Hillary,' Broadway and Cabaret in Support of the Clinton Campaign. On Monday, February 18th at 8pm, President's Day, voices from the Broadway and Cabaret stages will join forces to salute Senator Clinton, playing their part to hopefully elect the next President of the United States.

After two weeks of rave reviews and sold-out houses, the Obie Award-winner Danny Hoch extends his world premiere one-man show Taking Over for two-weeks at Berkeley Rep with performances through February 24.

Luba Mason (Chicago, Jekyll & Hyde) brings her 'Collage' Tour back to the Metropolitan Room (34 West 22nd Street), for a special 6-night-only engagement beginning Wednesday February 27.

On Monday, February 18 at 9:30PM a one-night-only concert of Tammy Faye Sings: Songs from Big, Tent The Tammy Faye Bakker Musical will be presented at the Metropolitan Room, with performances by Stephanie J. Block, Sebastian Arcelus and Leah Hocking.

The Oberon Theatre Ensemble will present their annual winter show Winter Rep 08. This year the company presents Shakespeare's classic tragedy Macbeth in rep with Michael Weller's Ghost on Fire. Performances begin on February 14th at Theatre Row (410 West 42nd Street).

More than twenty great stars coming from worlds as diverse as Broadway, television, R & B, cabaret, comedy, jazz, and country will convene at The Town Hall this Monday, January 28 at 7PM to celebrate The 2008 Nightlife Awards.

The Peccadillo Theater Company, producers of the long-running hits Room Service, The Talk of the Town, and Counsellor-At-Law are pleased to announce that they have signed to manage Theatre at St. Clement's

To promote the up-coming release of Sarah Brightman's upcoming new album 'Symphony,' the celebrated recording-artist will cross the globe next week ... with her first stop in the US and a week of TV appearances.

The WorkShop Theater Company presents John Marshall Jones star of Family Channel's 'Smart Guy' and winner of the 2007 Audelco Award for Best Actor in Levy Lee Simon's 'The Guest at Central Park West' winner of the 2007 Audelco Award for Best Playwright.

Jim Caruso's Cast Party and TheaterMania.com are proud to announce the return of honored and hugely successful songwriter and performer Victoria Shaw and her celebrated showcase 'Under The Covers With Victoria Shaw,' Monday, February 25, 2008 at 7PM.

A Raisin in the Sun, the up-coming made-for-TV movie adapted from the recent Broadway revival production, premiered at the Eccles Theatre at the 208 Sundance Film Festival in Park Ckity, Utah on Wednesday January 23, 2008.

Shining City, the celebrated contemporary drama by young Irish playwright Conor McPherson, is now playing its Chicago premiere in a stunning and fascinating production at the Goodman Theatre

Theater Hall of Fame 2008 inductees have been announced as follows: Harvey Fierstein, John Cullum, Jack O'Brien, Dana Ivey, Joseph Stein, Lois Smith, Peter Shaffer, and Mel Gussow

New Repertory Theatre continues exploring this season's theme of isolation and connection with Molière's The Misanthrope, using Constance Congdon's 19th century French setting

Take Wing And Soar Productions proudly presents Euripides' Medea, at the National Black Theatre, from February 15 - March 2. In a new translation by Nicholas Rudall and directed by Petronia Paley, Medea stars Tony Award Winning actress Trezana Beverley

REVIEW: Cirque Dreams: Jungle Fantasy arrives at Baltimore's Hippodrome Theatre for a two week stay.

After reading and evaluating more than 60 entries in the days following the January 11 deadline of A.C.T.'s third David Mamet Writing Contest, the eleven winners of the contest have been announced. Held in conjunction with A.C.T.'s smash hit production of Mamet's Speed-the-Plow-playing through February 3-the contest drew more than 60 entries from around the country, and as far away as Sweden.

Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops will present the first-ever Boston Pops musical theater competition for Massachusetts high school students, 'Boston Pops High School Sing-Off: A Best of Broadway Challenge,' slated for the Pops' spring season in May and June 2008.

Ron Rifkin, John Glover, Neil Patrick Harris, Josh Radnor and Patricia Wettig are set to reprise their roles in Jon Robin Baitz's modern tragedy The Paris Letter for LA Theatre Works. LATW records five performances of The Paris Letter February 20-24 at the Skirball Cultural Center

Old Globe presents the west coast premiere of The American Plan, by Richard Greenberg, directed by Kim Rubinstein, to run in the Cassius Carter Centre Stage February 23 - March 30

Local playwright Yussef El Guindi has been named ACT's 2008 New Play Award winner for his new work Language Rooms. ACT will present two staged readings, followed by post-play discussions with the playwright and director, FREE to the public, on March 7 & 8 at 7:30PM in its Bullitt Cabaret space.

City Lit's first venture into the world of the Bard is a gorgeously produced, pioneering undertaking for the almost 30-year old company. Twelfth Night, currently playing at the theatre's historic Edgewater Presbyterian Church location, has the tendency to get a bit long-winded at times but overall the production offers energized actors, beautiful scenery and lighting and a dream-like telling of Shakespeare's classic.

Wide Eyed Productions presents William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing directed by Kristin Skye Hoffmann, performed at the Gene Frankel Underground Theatre, February 21 - March 16.

Natalie Joy Johnson will perform at Therapy on Monday February 25 at 9PM, Tuesday March 4 at 11PM, and Thursday March 13 at 11PM. With musical direction by Brian Nash and special material by John Hill, the concert is directed by Ben Rimalower.